Mausoleum.



V. ERNSBERG-ER.

MAUSOLEUM.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 1, 1909.

952,985, Patented Mar. 22, 1910.

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MAUSOLEUM.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed M y 1, 1909. Serial I o-4 ,332-

To all whom it may concern: a p Be it known that I, VERNON ERNsBnnonR, a citizen of the United States, residing at Fremont, in the county of Sandusky and State of Ohio, have invented new and useful Im rovements in Mausoleums, of which the foll dwing is a specification. This invention relates to improvements in structures'such as mausoleums, vaults and the like and providin series of sectional non-communicating cel s for the reception of bodies and the said invention consists in the construction, combination and arrangement of devices hereinafter described and claimed.

One object of the invention is to provide a a structure of the class indicated which is composed of slabs of concrete or other like material, which slabs may be readilyassembled to form interlockingjoints between them and to compose the several cells of the structure.

A further object of the invention is to effect such improvements in the construction of the slabs as to enable the joints in the structure to be readily rendered air and water tight.

In the accompanying drawings :F igure 1 is partly a front end elevation and partly a transverse sectional view of astructnre embodying my improvement, and showing a number of the cells, under one roof, it b8111 understood that the cells may be increased in number indefinitely according to the desired size and capacity of the structure, as to whether 1t 1s for use for famlhes, or communities. F ig. 2 is a lon itudinal sectional view of the same on the p anes indicated by the line a-a of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective View, with .parts broken away and in section, of one of the partition slabs. Fi 4 is a similar View of one of the floor sla s. Fi 5 is a similar view of one of the rear end s abs.

Fig. 6 is a detail sectional view of the base floor. Figs. 3 and 3 are sectional views on the planes indicated by the lines c--c and bb respectively of Fig.

3. Figs. 4 and 4" are detall sectional views onthe planes indicated by the lines d-d and e-e, respectively, of Fig. 4. Figs. 5 and 5 are detall sectional views on the plane indicated by the lines f-; and 'g-g respectively of Fig. 5.

The ground floor or base 1 of my improved mausoleum structure is made of concrete,

preferably reinforced and is common to all of the tiers ofvaults or cells 2, said base slabs 4, or may extend some distance beyond,

thus forming a dividing linefor catacombs. In the upper surface of the base floor, at suitable regular distances are parallel grooves 5 and near the rear side of said base floor in the upper surface thereof is a groove 6 which is nearly coextensive with the length ofthe base floor and communicates with all of the grooves 5. The lowermost. series of cells are formed of front, back and artition slabs in connection with thebase oor and the superposed cells are separated by the intermediate floor slabs 7. All of the slabs are made of reinforced cement, molded in suitable molds to make them accurate and provide them with smooth surfaces and if desired the exposed surfaces of the slabs may be finished with a suitable finish, marble, granite, onyx or the like or such surfaces may be glazed and rendered air and water tight and fireproof.

Each partition slab 8 has ton es 9 on its upper and lower edges to t in the grooves 5 of the base floor provided at the opposing edges of the superposed or intermediate floor slabs 7 as herelnafter described and is provided at its front and rear ends with s1de rabbets 10 and grooves 11 to respectively coincide with the rabbet 3 and }grooves 6 of the base floor or the grooves ereinafter described in the opposing edges of the intermediate floor slabs. Each intermediate floor slab is provided at its front end on its upper and lower sides with transverse rabbets 12 to receive the upper and lower edges of the front slabs 4, has longitudinal rabbets 13 in its upper and lower sides providing tongues 14 an has transverse grooves 15 in its upper and lower sides near its'rear end. The rooves 13 receive the reduced upper and lower edges of the tongues 9 of the artition slabs 8 so that the tongues 14 of the intermediate floor slabs are interposed between the tongues 9 of the partition slabs and meet over the centers of said ton ues 9.

Each back or rear vertical slab 16 is provided midway between its front and rear surfaces with ton es 17 on its upper and lower sides to fit 1n the r'ooves 6 and 15, or as the case ma be. an with ton on its vertical si tical grooves 11 in the partition slabs 8.

es 18 e edges to fit in he ver-"' Paten ed Mar. 22.19.10-

and in grooves In fitting the slabs together "in the erection of the mausoleum waterproof cement is v used in the joints between the slabs to effed tually seal such joints and make each compartment or' cell air and water-tight.

In practice, the compartments or cells will be connected by vent pipes to carry off the gases and the gas sterilizing and purifying apparatus described and claimed in my copending application for Letters Patent of the United States Serial No. 493,333 will be used in connection with such vent pipes.

, At the rear of the base slab or floor slab a pipe may be connected in practice to carry away all slu ssage.

What is claimed is A structure of the class described pro-. viding. a series of cells and comprising a base floor, intermediate floors, said base floor having a front transverse rabbet and a rear 1 transverse groove in its upper side parallel with each other and longitudinal partition-receiving grooves also in its upper side and extending from said rabbet to said transverse groove, the said intermediate floors composed of slabs one for each of the cells, said floor slabs having upper and lower longitudinal rabbets in their s de edges, providing tongues and also having front transverse rabbets and rear transverse grooves in their upper and lowerin presence of two witnesses.

- VERNON ERNSBERGER- Witnesses:

A. E. CULBERT,

JOSEPH BINSACK.

of the partition slabs fitted in the front rab- In testimony whereof I aflix my signature- 

